“It was exciting,” Kimball said of her book reaching Kindle’s Top 100 list. “More than anything, I’m excited to see that people want to do this. More and more people in the country and more people in our culture are getting back to basics and making food that’s better than a box.”

In Kimball’s 218-page electronic cookbook, there are 60 “real food” recipes, as well as tutorials on how to remake processed food recipes, add nutrition to a recipe, make a casserole a one-pot meal, adapt a recipe for soaking grains and how to “healthify” baking recipes.

For instance, Kimball explains how to replace boxed or canned food, such as Rice-A-Roni, Stove Top Stuffing and even cereal, and make the same meal with non-processed ingredients.

Cereal? Yes, according to Kimball, who said many cereals have added sugar and some, high fructose corn syrup.

“It’s so much processing that our bodies don’t do well,” she said. “We’re showing people how to take those recipes and reverse engineer them … and transition from processed foods to more of a real food lifestyle.”

Kimball’s approach takes processed ingredients out of the equation and replaces them with tasty, fresh ingredients.

“I’m able to make real food tasty -- you don’t find us suffering from eating raw spinach,” the 32-year-old joked. “I don’t have anyone running from the table when I cook.”

Since you’re not just popping open a can of cream of mushroom soup for your casserole, many of the dishes in “Better Than a Box” take a few extra minutes and steps to prepare. That’s why Kimball has included time-saving tips in many of the recipes, such as listing certain ingredients that you should always have in your pantry.

“They may not be quite as fast as opening up a can of chicken soup, but there are a number of meals that take 30 minutes of my time in the kitchen,” she said. “Once you get going, it can be pretty fast.”

"Better Than a Box" is Kimball's fifth electronic cookbook and is listed on Amazon for $9.95. There is a "premium package" listed on Kimball's website for $14.95, which includes 10 added features and downloads.

“I want to encourage people and get real food on the table,” Kimball said.